A&M 1976West Virginia State Board of Control, Correspondence, 1909-1949 A&M 1976Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-04 14:04:48 -0500.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center West Virginia State Board of Control, Correspondence State Board of Control of West Virginia A&M 1976 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/5699 23.92 Linear Feet Summary: 23 ft. 11 in. (164 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each) 1909-1949 Correspondence of the West Virginia State Board of Control, which was responsible for all state correctional institutions, educational institutions, and hospitals from 1909 to 1949. Individuals serving on the three-man board at various times were John S. Lakin, J.W. Barnes, J.A. Chambers, J.S. Darst, Edgar B. Stewart, J.Z. Terrell, W.R. Thurmond, John B. White, and F.W. McCullough. The letters in this collection deal with all state institutioris and their problems. There are letters dealing with building construction, building repairs, the purchase of new property, thehiring of new employees, employees' salaries, institution menus, building insurance, gifts and grants to institutions, and institutional financial matters. State institutions covered in the correspondence are: Bluefield State College; Berkeley Springs Sanitarium; Berkeley Springs Park; Concord College; Colored Orphans Home; Colored Insane Asylum; Colored Old Folks Home; Denmar Sanitarium; Demonstration Packing Plant at Inwood; Droop Mountain Battlefield; Fairmont Emergency Hospital; Industrial Home for Girls; Industrial Home for Colored Girls; Industrial Home for Boys; Industrial Home for Colored Boys; Hopemont Sanitarium; Huntington State Hospital; Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp; Indian Mound Cemetery; Lakin State Hospital; Marshall College; McKendree Hospital; Medium Security Prison; Miner's Hospitals 1, 2, and 3; Pinecrest Sanitarium; New River State School; Potomac State College; Spencer State Hospital; Storer College; Reymann Memorial Farms; Andrew S. Rowan Memorial Home; Rutherford Sanitarium; School for the Deaf and Blind; School for the Colored Deaf and Blind; Shepherd College; Weston State Hospital; West Liberty State College; Welch Emergency Hospital; West Virginia Training School; West Virginia State College; West Virginia Tech; and West Virginia University. Correspondents include Charles H. Ambler, R.A. Armstrong, Thurman Arnold, Cleveland M. Bailey, Charles Baker, J.J. Cornwell, Brooks Cottle, William M.O. Dawson, John W. Davis, W.E. Glasscock, Howard M. Gore, Denzil L. Gainer, C. Howard Hardesty, Henry D. Hatfield, Thomas E. Hodges, Homer A. Holt, Rush D. Holt, B.M. Laidley, E.F. Morgan, J.F. Marsh, C.W. Meadows, Robert H. Mollohan, Matthew M. Neely, Jennings Randolph, John D. Rockefeller II, A.M. Reese, D.B. Purinton, Frank B. Trotter, J.R. Turner, W.R. Thurmond, and I.C. White. More information about collection's content is available in the control folder. Please note, the contents list in the control folder does not refer to reel numbers, and the microfilm reels are not numbered. Microfilm reels contain information about the relevatn series/volumes/etc. that they contain, which should match with the same information on the handwritten contents list. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English . Conditions Governing Access

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Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp. Women's history -- 1900-1929 African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. Politics and government. Coal mining - Miners' Hospitals 1, 2, 3. Prisons. SEE ALSO Civil War - prisons and prisoners. Inwood Demonstration Packing Plant. Education. SEE ALSO Schools. Cemeteries -- Indian Mound Cemetery Droop Mountain Battlefield. Hospitals and sanitariums. Berkeley Springs Park. Universities and colleges West Liberty State College West Virginia School for the Colored Deaf and Blind Reymann Memorial Farms West Virginia University West Virginia Training School. Berkeley Springs Sanitarium Pinecrest Sanitarium. Colored Old Folks Home Fairmont Emergency Hospital New River State School Lakin State Hospital Industrial School for Colored Boys. Industrial School for Boys. Hopemont Sanitarium Shepherd College Industrial Home for Girls. Marshall College and University Industrial Home for Colored Girls. Colored Orphans Home West Virginia University. Potomac State College West Virginia State College (Institute, W. Va.) Rutherford Sanitarium Huntington State Hospital Fairmont State College and Fairmont Normal School. Concord College (Athens, W. Va.) Glenville State College West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind Gore Hospital West Virginia Institute of Technology Weston State Hospital Spencer State Hospital Welch Emergency Hospital McKendree Hospital Denmar Sanitarium Bluefield State College West Virginia Board of Control Fairmont State College (Fairmont, W. Va.) Marshall College (Huntington, W. Va.) Storer College Colored Insane Asylum Mollohan, Robert H. Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 Darst, J.S. Terrell, J.Z. Reese, A. M. (Albert Moore), 1872-1965 Barnes, J.W. Gore, Howard M. White, John B. Armstrong, R.A. Cottle, Brooks. Stewart, Edgar B. Morgan, E.F. Marsh, J. Frank. Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 Trotter, Frank B. Laidley, B.M. Dawson, William M.O. Hardesty, C. Howard. Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927 Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 McCullough, F.W. Chambers, J.A. Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 Arnold, Thurman Wesley, 1891-1969 Gainer, Denzil L. Hodges, Thomas E. Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 Thurmond, Walter R., 1881-1967 Meadows, Clarence W. Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 Turner, J.R. Baker, Charles. Purinton, D.B. Bailey, Cleveland Monroe, 1886-1965 Lakin, John S. Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960 Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957